PRE-TUCSON MINERAL SPECIMENS AUCTION #2 - end Feb 6

Ends Feb 6, 2014
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
We have pulled through the last several collections, some of which we planned to sell at Tucson, and pulled EVEN MORE for the next few auction offerings! See here some unique pieces, classic specimens, interesting localities, rare minerals and hard to find material from recently acquired mineral collections such as Trimingham, and Obodda!
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Gem Aquamarine (Argentina!) Stoudt Coll.
La Esperanza Quarry, Dumesnil, Cordoba, Argentina
2.8 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
"Electric blue" Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
2.5 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
"Eilat Stone" - copper minerals
King Solomon Mine, Eilat, Israel
4.3 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite w/ Chalcopyrite (Meieran Coll.)
Oberpfalzer Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
8.0 x 7.2 x 2.8 cm
Fluorite octahedrons on Quartz
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas Dist., Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
10.1 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm
Andradite Garnet (classic CA locale) Trimingham Coll.
Garnet Hill Mine, Calaveras Co., California
7.5 x7.0 x 7.0 cm
Augite & Microcline (classic locale) Elling Coll.
Yates mine, Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada
7.3 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Almandine Garnet (Eric Anderson Coll.)
River Valley, Ontario, Canada
5.6 x 5.5 x 5.0 cm
Corundum var. Sapphire (Trimingham Coll.)
San Jacinto Mts, Riverside Co., California
6.8 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Halite stalactites (Trimingham Coll.)
PCS mine, Rocanville, Saskatchewan, Canada
12.3 x 9.4 x 7.4 cm
Pyrolusite (Trimingham Coll.)
Cercal, Santiago do Cacem, Setubal Dist., Portugal
12.7 x 5.8 x 4.9 cm
Olivenite, ex. Trimingham Coll.
Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada
9.8 x 6.2 x 3.4 cm
Fluorite cubes (classic locale) Trimingham Coll.
Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England
8.4 x 6.4 x 4.0 cm
Bromian Chlorargyrite ex Trimingham Coll.
Broken Hill Mine, New South Wales, Australia
6.5 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm
Vivianite (classic locale)
Wannon Falls, Wannon River, Wannon, Victoria, Australia
7.5 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm
Manganite w/ Barite (circa 1880s) ex Trimingham Coll.
Ilfeld, Harz Mts., Thuringia, Germany
8.0 x 5.5 x 5.0 cm
Pectolite (classic locale) Elling Coll.
Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey
7.7 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm
Floater Creedite balls
Mina Navidad, Durango, Mexico
7.4 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
Gemmy Vanadinite on Barite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
6.4 x 5.3 x 3.5 cm
Large iridescent Covellite (classic locale) Trimingham Coll
Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
12.3 x 6.5 x 3.1 cm
DT Calcite xl on Quartz & Calcite
Verchniy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
6.2 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
Rare large Tennantite xls (Hauck Coll.)
Steward Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
5.9 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
"Electric blue" Azurite and Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Chizhou Prefect., Anhui Prov., China
11.9 x 9.9 x 8.8 cm
Lazurite on Marble (Type Locality)
Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Prov., Afghanistan
6.2 x 5.9 x 5.0 cm
Topaz on Quartz (1886 - Kunz Coll.)
Schneckenstein cliff, Kielberg, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
11.9 x 10.0 x 5.3 cm
Fluorapatite on Muscovite (superb) Smale Coll.
Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Northern Areas, Pakistan
4.0 x 3.9 x 3.8 cm
Barite (uncommon locale) Trimingham Coll.
Cowgreen Mine, Teesdale, Co. Durham, England
9.7 x 5.7 x 5.5 cm
Pyromorphite (old classic) Jefferis & Hansen Coll.
Friedrichssegen Mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
9.7 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm
Gypsum ps. Turritella snail shells (uncommon)
Broken Cliffs, Waikerie, South Australia, Australia
3.6 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm